Did you test it having the browser configured to use a proxy? Just curious if SEP Firewall sees the destination as the proxy ip, or the website dns name...
Also, can we display a notification for the user if the rule blocks the website?

If you want to block a type of program you can either do what was in the wideo listing all of the sites but, do not restrict to internet explorer or filrefox. If you know the type of traffic or ports, you can use other selections in the rules.

Whether an application is blocked or not, self-control comes from within

Ive been using <a href="http://www.timedoctor.com/2">http://bit.ly/bJwmma</a> .

It uses a better procedure than blocking social media sites because it only monitors websites during production hours. People/Employees still have the option to use it for a breather or during breaks really . Sometimes they use it for work too in helping reach decisions. For me its really unnecessary to block websites.

1 .- with that configuration, how do you make sure you are protecting the host from incoming connections from the hosts your enabled? its clear you are getting access to symmantec. but how do you prevent an incomming connection to the host from the allowed site?

lets say you want to allow the host to get access to every internet site. how will you be protecting the host from the external incomming connections? if you can't achieve that the firewall has no purpouse

2.- On the Demo you use the host IP in the source section to identify the host, then you applied the ruleset over all the groups. obviously the ruleset will only be applicable to the host that has the IP you specified but the rest of the hosts will not be covered.

Lets say you have 2000 Computers and you want a granular rule to allow every single host to get access to symantec, isn't possible specify "localhost" to build the rule?

I have setup firewall rules to block some websites on my network. When a user tries to visit one of the blocked website the user eventually get a message that "The connection has timed out" is it possible to display a message or redirect them to a page that informs the user that the page has been blocked by the administrator?

That's a nice little product. However, I am doubtful if it will actually block all the sites. Firewall protection is just a small part of the package. You need a complete parental control application. A month ago, I discovered Qustodio from http://www.qustodio.com. Its free and based on content, it blocks sites automatically in real time, tracks data, and also monitors the activities kids engage in on social media sites. I think the best feature such a software can provide is the inability of the kids to play with its features. very cool!

Double-click in the Host cell to invoke the Host List dialog box. Ensure thatSource/Destination is enabled and click Add to enter the source and IP address or IP range of the computers to be blocked .

Under Destination click Add and select DNS Domain from the Type drop-down list.

Enter an asterisk (*).

Click OK twice again to return to the Firewall Policy window.

Leave Service at Any and select an Action of Block.

You may also enable logging by selecting Write to Traffic log at Logging column.

Once your rules are in place, move the "Allow Symantec" rule to the top of the rule list and the "Block All Websites" rule to the number two position.

You may need to clear the DNS cache. To do so, go to the Command prompt and type "ipconfig /flushdns" (without the quotation marks).

NOTE: The "Block All Websites" rule may also block some URLs from the allowed website as some web pages connect to other web pages from different domains to show advertisements or other content. However, you can always monitor the Traffic logs and allow those URLs too.

So what you mean is we actually have the option to host the small business edition offline or online? And the same package can actually enjoy all the config features available from SEP 12 through the local management console but limited features through the online management console?

First how can I make block Depending catagry , secondly I have problem when i make this policy because some webist like google dosn't work and the websit I want to block it still work in the firefox after i added the firefox in application list kindly I am so happy if can help me in this topoic .

We've bee using Symantec technologies, but like it more as an outstanding antivirus package.

Regarding the web filtering software we needed to make some kind of flexible rules for users, to give them about 15min of personal web surfing in working hours and unlimited web surfing during the breaks. So, we needed a program that will analyze the time spent in the browser and work through the network. EfficientLab solution (http://www.workexaminer.com) was one of we liked most (tracks browser time, shows a web timer to the user, allows various rules based on time, url, content, etc..), and it had no issues with Symantec.